b'The Tech Cumulus February 2024GADGET OF THE MONTH Rocketbook Reusable Smart Notebook RESISTANCE Dreaming big requires a lot of brainstorming. And brainstorming often results in a lot ofTORESILIENCE: crumpled-up paper in the wastebasket. Sometimes, our best ideas get lost in stacks of desk clutter or, worse, left in a pocket only to end up in the washing machine. The Rocketbook reusable smart notebook tackles this problem, blendingLearning To Live Without Limitsthe satisfaction of handwriting with the convenience of digital storage.Write your thoughts, scan them and then erase the pages for reuse. This cycle keepsMore than half of us will have given up on ourand minds, ruminating over what people say your notes organized and searchable on yourNew Years resolutions by December (andor think about us, true or otherwise. You allow device while conserving paper. By offering asome of us already have). According to a 2020yourself or others to limit your beliefs about reusable alternative toIpsos survey, 55% of respondents quit theirwhat you can orcannot achieve.traditional notebooks,resolutions before years end. Of those, one in Rocketbook stands10 gave up in less than a month. But when crap hits the fan, positivity isnt out as a practical,enough, Vujicic says. When faced with eco-friendly solutionOur resolutions are often things we careresistance, heart-mind-action alignment for capturing anddeeply abouthealth, finances andis critical to unlocking your resilience. To organizing yourrelationshipsso, why is it so hard to keeprealign your heart and mind to produce bursts of creativity! them? Speaker, author and self-proclaimedmeaningful action, Vujicic suggests writing most noticeable student in school Nickdown the words Faith, Family, Friends, Vujicic says its about aligning our hearts,Fitness, Finance and Fun to create a Grid of AI: A Cheap Date Or Theminds and actions to stay resilient in the faceHappiness. Next, write down 10 short-term Downfall Of Social Connection? of inevitable resistance. goals to achieve over the next 45 days that align with your happiness grid. Why? Vujicic Romance has crossed a new line thatGrowing Through Resistance says that achieving your dreams without sci-fi movies like Her have been hintingshort-term goals is like paddling a life raft at for yearsAI relationships. Apps likeBorn without arms or legs due to a conditionwith one paddle in the open ocean. You see Replika, Character.ai and Snapchats Mycalled phocomelia syndrome, Vujicic facedno islands, and you get tired quickly because AI allow you to transform a chatbot into aa lot of resistance early in his life. When heyou dont see progress.companionor lover. In 2018, a Japanesewas born in 1982, Australian law prohibited man even married his AI-powereddisabled students from attending mainstreamOnce you reframe your mindset, the next hologram. People use AI chatbots to cureschoolsuntil his mother had the lawstep in achieving your goals is investing their loneliness, and the ability to customizechanged. Once in school, Vujicic facedin the skills and knowledge to reach them. interactions makes AI a comfortingrelentless bullying. It got so bad that, at ageThen, set aside the time, like three hours partner. The challenge is to balance these10, he tried to end his life. He survived andevery Saturday, to work toward it. This technological advancements with the needdecided never to let himself or others imposewill get you to your goals much faster, for genuine human connection. When welimits on him again. and you will have more resilience in the spend less time with each other, we losefaceofresistance.practice in getting along in shared spaces,Today, Vujicic speaks to audiences worldwide, Daniel Cox writes in Business Insider. Thisreminding us that when we hit walls ofFor example, if you want to write a book, set is why AI is such a poor substitute for real- resistance, You dont go through it; you growa goal to invest in a coach or read a how-to world interactions.through it. Because without resistance, hebook. Then, spend three hours every week We need to spendadds, theres no resilience. working toward small goals, like writing the more time withoutline, and then the first chapter.each other.Heart-Mind-Action AlignmentWhat do you thinkEven if youve failed once, twice or manyis AI a cheapTrouble usually arises when we get stuck intimes before, learn from it and move on date or harmfulwhat Vujicic calls the battle of the mind because Vujicic reminds us, As long as youre tohumanity? when were handcuffed between our emotionsbreathing, your story isnt over.Technology That Works!216-393-24843'